Photograph
White House Photographs
JFKWHP-ST-408-2-62
President John F. Kennedy (seated at desk) signs the Food and Agricultural Act of 1962. Looking on (L-R): Representative Ross Bass of Tennessee (mostly out of frame); Representative W. Pat Jennings (Virginia); Representative Harold D. Cooley (North Carolina); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Chairman of the National Agricultural Advisory Commission, Harry B. Caldwell; President of the Missouri Farmers Association, Fred V. Heinkel; Senator Allen J. Ellender (Louisiana); Executive Vice President of the National Association of Wheat Growers, James B. Dyess (in back, partially hidden); Representative W. R. Poage (Texas); Representative E. C. "Took" Gathings (Arkansas); Representative Paul C. Jones (Missouri); Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development and Conservation, John A. Baker. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.